1975 Norwegian First Division

The 1975 1. divisjon was the 31st completed season of top division football in Norway.

1. divisjon

Season	1975
Dates	27 April – 19 October
Champions	Viking 5th title
Relegated	Skeid Vålerengen Os
European Cup	Viking
UEFA Cup	Brann Start
Matches played	132
Goals scored	336 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Arne Dokken (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Viking 6–0 Fredrikstad (8 May 1975)
Biggest away win	Fredrikstad 2–6 Rosenborg (28 July 1975)
Highest scoring	Fredrikstad 2–6 Rosenborg (28 July 1975)
Longest winning run	Mjøndalen (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Brann (9 games)
Longest winless run	Os (22 games)
Longest losing run	Os (10 games)
Highest attendance	16,516 Start 0–1 Viking (31 August 1975)
Lowest attendance	1,183 Skeid 2–2 Molde (19 October 1975)
Average attendance	6,772 17.8%
← 1974 1976 →

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Viking FK won the championship, their fourth consecutive league title and their fifth top-flight title overall.

Teams and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location	Stadium
Brann	23	Bergen	Brann Stadion
Fredrikstad	29	Fredrikstad	Fredrikstad Stadion
Lillestrøm	12	Lillestrøm	Åråsen Stadion
Mjøndalen	9	Mjøndalen	Nedre Eiker Stadion
Molde	4	Molde	Molde Stadion
Os	1	Os, Hordaland	Kuventræ Stadion
Rosenborg	13	Trondheim	Lerkendal Stadion
Skeid	28	Oslo
Start	8	Kristiansand	Kristiansand Stadion
Strømsgodset	10	Drammen	Marienlyst Stadion
Vålerengen	21	Oslo	Bislett Stadion
Viking	28	Stavanger	Stavanger Stadion

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Viking (C)	22	12	6	4	38	20	+18	30	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Brann	22	10	7	5	36	27	+9	27	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Start	22	11	5	6	29	20	+9	27
4	Rosenborg	22	11	5	6	36	28	+8	27
5	Strømsgodset	22	10	4	8	39	27	+12	24
6	Mjøndalen	22	9	6	7	21	21	0	24
7	Lillestrøm	22	10	3	9	27	20	+7	23
8	Molde	22	7	8	7	27	29	−2	22
9	Fredrikstad	22	8	6	8	31	35	−4	22
10	Skeid (R)	22	5	7	10	18	23	−5	17	Relegation to Second Division
11	Vålerengen (R)	22	3	10	9	19	36	−17	16
12	Os (R)	22	0	5	17	15	50	−35	5

Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BRA	FRE	LIL	MIF	MOL	OS	ROS	SKE	IKS	STM	VIK	VÅL
Brann	—	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–3	1–1	0–0	3–0
Fredrikstad	1–1	—	0–1	3–1	2–2	3–0	2–6	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1
Lillestrøm	0–1	1–2	—	4–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–3
Mjøndalen	0–1	0–2	3–1	—	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–2
Molde	1–3	0–2	1–2	0–2	—	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0
Os	2–4	1–2	0–4	0–0	1–1	—	3–4	1–1	1–2	1–4	0–1	1–1
Rosenborg	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	—	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–3	1–1
Skeid	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	—	0–0	3–1	0–1	0–0
Start	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	4–1	1–0	3–2	—	0–1	0–1	1–1
Strømsgodset	2–5	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	6–1	2–3	1–0	2–0	—	3–0	3–0
Viking	5–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	—	2–2
Vålerengen	0–3	1–3	1–1	0–3	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–3	0–2	1–0	0–1	—

Source: nifs.no (in Norwegian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorer

• Arne Dokken, Lillestrøm – 18 goals

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Brann	139,246	14,966	8,968	12,659	+26.2%†
2	Viking	115,151	13,889	7,039	10,468	+1.8%†
3	Rosenborg	105,640	12,300	5,400	9,604	+24.9%†
4	Strømsgodset	101,823	14,358	5,884	9,257	+16.4%†
5	Start	79,453	16,516	3,225	7,223	+3.8%†
6	Lillestrøm	66,727	9,800	3,550	6,066	n/a2
7	Vålerengen	64,710	15,514	2,034	5,883	−17.9%†
8	Fredrikstad	62,310	9,600	3,536	5,665	n/a2
9	Skeid	48,014	8,256	1,183	4,365	+13.4%†
10	Molde	41,854	5,200	2,669	3,805	−28.1%†
11	Mjøndalen	37,173	6,350	1,250	3,379	+31.1%†
12	Os	31,773	7,400	1,400	2,888	n/a2
	League total	893,874	16,516	1,183	6,772	+21.1%†

Source: nifs.no
Notes:
2: Team played last season in 2. divisjon.